1972_Sackson_105_March 25.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1972
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 10, Sid Sackson collection
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Rights Statement
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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1972_Sackson_105_March 25.jpg
Title
1972_Sackson_105_March 25.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1972
Type
image
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 10, Sid Sackson collection
Language
English
Coverage
1972
Rights
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
transcription
25 SATURDAY - MARCH 1972
ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD - 85TH DAY - 281 DAYS TO COME
Gave Phil a copy of S & T #29 with U.S.N.. He is
interested in naval games.
Gave a copy of NINE OF SWORDS to Edith to give to her son-in-law.
In an antique store in Brooklyn Heights Phil saw a puzzle,
published in 1927, selling for $4.50. It is a "sliding
block" puzzle with pieces as shown, except that the horizontal
and vertical pieces on the bottom row
might be reversed. Object is to reverse the
square blocks 1 and 3. A solution in 184 moves was
included. (The shaded spaces are empty.) Titled SLIDING BLOCK PUZZLE,
he believes.
[Diagram of a square puzzle grid divided into 9 large squares. 3 large squares are placed diagonally containing the numbers "1", "2", and "3" from upper left to bottom right; 1 square is divided into 4 small squares, 2 of these small squares are darkened indicating that they are empty spaces; 5 of the squares are divided in half to form 10 vertical or horizontal rectangles.]
(cont.from 3/26) [3/31]
games to display. He'll take them with him and have
them shipped to Rochester. He'll be getting boards for
display either 3' x 4' or 4' x 4'. As a rough guess I told
him to figure 5 games on a large board, and 3 on a small.
Sandra Garson here shortly after Herb left. The first thing
she asked me if I had heard of a game reviewer,
Quentin Serebrahl. She had seen his name in an article in
the NATIONAL OBSERVER on the "Game Market" - Dec. 14th '70.
Told her it was a gag and showed her PACE Mag., Dec. '69.
She saw this clipping in a file of game articles at Mike Alber's.
Another one was NEWSWEEK (12/7/70) which mentioned
GHETTO and other games.
She spent quite a bit of time talking about DIPLOMACY with
the manufacturer. They told her about an article in
PAN AMERICAN CLIPPER that included it and other games (Oct.71).
She was going to dig up a copy of the political games
in WALL STREET JOURNAL. Gave her one of the two that
Dynamic Design sent me.
She is aware that someone is preparing an article on adult
games for PARADE (Magazine or Sunday Supplement?). She doesn't
know the date.
Her article will be in the American Airlines inflight
magazine (name?), most likely in August. It will be
about 12 pages long. She will give a detailed account
of ACQUIRE, INSIGHT, GROUP THERAPY, & TRANSACTION.
Told her that ACQUIRE was 90% skill and 10% luck after
she mentioned that MONOPOLY was 90% luck.
Gave her the name of THE GODFATHER GAME's inventor.
She tried to get it from Urban Systems, but didn't find
them very helpful. She doesn't feel like it but she'll
probably mention SMOG.
We both agreed that E.S. Lowe was the least cooperative.
(cont. on 3/21)
ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD - 85TH DAY - 281 DAYS TO COME
Gave Phil a copy of S & T #29 with U.S.N.. He is
interested in naval games.
Gave a copy of NINE OF SWORDS to Edith to give to her son-in-law.
In an antique store in Brooklyn Heights Phil saw a puzzle,
published in 1927, selling for $4.50. It is a "sliding
block" puzzle with pieces as shown, except that the horizontal
and vertical pieces on the bottom row
might be reversed. Object is to reverse the
square blocks 1 and 3. A solution in 184 moves was
included. (The shaded spaces are empty.) Titled SLIDING BLOCK PUZZLE,
he believes.
[Diagram of a square puzzle grid divided into 9 large squares. 3 large squares are placed diagonally containing the numbers "1", "2", and "3" from upper left to bottom right; 1 square is divided into 4 small squares, 2 of these small squares are darkened indicating that they are empty spaces; 5 of the squares are divided in half to form 10 vertical or horizontal rectangles.]
(cont.from 3/26) [3/31]
games to display. He'll take them with him and have
them shipped to Rochester. He'll be getting boards for
display either 3' x 4' or 4' x 4'. As a rough guess I told
him to figure 5 games on a large board, and 3 on a small.
Sandra Garson here shortly after Herb left. The first thing
she asked me if I had heard of a game reviewer,
Quentin Serebrahl. She had seen his name in an article in
the NATIONAL OBSERVER on the "Game Market" - Dec. 14th '70.
Told her it was a gag and showed her PACE Mag., Dec. '69.
She saw this clipping in a file of game articles at Mike Alber's.
Another one was NEWSWEEK (12/7/70) which mentioned
GHETTO and other games.
She spent quite a bit of time talking about DIPLOMACY with
the manufacturer. They told her about an article in
PAN AMERICAN CLIPPER that included it and other games (Oct.71).
She was going to dig up a copy of the political games
in WALL STREET JOURNAL. Gave her one of the two that
Dynamic Design sent me.
She is aware that someone is preparing an article on adult
games for PARADE (Magazine or Sunday Supplement?). She doesn't
know the date.
Her article will be in the American Airlines inflight
magazine (name?), most likely in August. It will be
about 12 pages long. She will give a detailed account
of ACQUIRE, INSIGHT, GROUP THERAPY, & TRANSACTION.
Told her that ACQUIRE was 90% skill and 10% luck after
she mentioned that MONOPOLY was 90% luck.
Gave her the name of THE GODFATHER GAME's inventor.
She tried to get it from Urban Systems, but didn't find
them very helpful. She doesn't feel like it but she'll
probably mention SMOG.
We both agreed that E.S. Lowe was the least cooperative.
(cont. on 3/21)
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